Acushnet Holdings [FAIRHAVEN, Mass.] (NYSE: GOLF) announced Brendan Reidy as its new Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Prior to joining the Company, he was Vice President HR – Organizational Effectiveness at Biogen. In his 7 years at Biogen, he also led HR for the global R&D organization and Global Commercial Operations. Prior to Biogen, he worked at P&G and Gillette in various HR roles across a number of geographies and businesses.

Under Armour, Inc. [BALTIMORE] (NYSE: UA, UAA) announced the appointment of Tchernavia Rocker as its new Chief People and Culture Officer. Rocker joins Under Armour from Harley-Davidson, Inc. where she spent more than 18 years in HR leadership roles, most recently as the Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to that, she served in various HR and operations roles at Goodyear Dunlop North America Tire Inc. Rocker will join Under Armour in February 2019.

Mary Bilbrey

JLL [CHICAGO] (NYSE: JLL) announced that Mary Bilbrey has been promoted to Global Chief Human Resources Officer from her current role as Americas CHRO. The change is effective February 1, and she will continue to oversee human resources in the Americas region until her successor is named. Bilbrey succeeds Trish Maxson as Global CHRO. Maxson maintains her roles as Chief Administrative Officer and interim CFO. Bilbrey joined JLL in early 2016 as CHRO for the Americas. Prior to joining JLL, Bilbrey held a succession of senior HR leadership roles for HSBC, based at different times in the U.S. and in Europe. She was the Head of Human Resources for HSBC USA and, prior to that, held several leadership roles in HSBC’s London headquarters. Previously, she held various positions focused on compensation, benefits, and mergers and acquisitions.

Papa John’s International, Inc. [LOUISVILLE, Ky.] (NASDAQ: PZZA) announced the appointment of Marvin Boakye as its first Chief People Officer. Boakye joins Papa John’s after serving as vice president of human resources at Andeavor. Prior to Andeavor, he was chief human resources officer for MTS Allstream, and held senior human resources positions at Goodyear, Pulte Group and The Home Depot. Boakye replaces Senior Vice President of People Operations Bob Smith, who retired from Papa John’s in August 2018 after serving 15 years with the company.

Carbon Black [WALTHAM, Mass.] (NASDAQ: CBLK) announced that Sandra O’Sullivan has been appointed Chief People Officer (CPO). O’Sullivan joined Carbon Black in 2012, most recently serving as the company’s Vice President of Customer Success. Prior to Carbon Black, O’Sullivan launched and was President of Ametros Financial. O’Sullivan steps into the CPO role as Amy Robinson, former Carbon Black CPO, establishes a new function within Carbon Black focused on leadership coaching.

Harvey Building Products [Waltham, MA] announced the appointment of Kerry Field as senior vice president and chief people officer. Prior to joining Harvey, Kerry was vice president of global human resources for Thermo Fisher Scientific and held consulting and talent roles of increasing responsibility at Deloitte Touche Thomatsu Limited.

Campaign Monitor [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] announced the appointment of Sharon Strauss to the role of Chief People Officer. She most recently served as the Chief People Officer at GetWellNetwork, Inc. Strauss has also held various HR leadership roles at companies such as Tiffany & Co., Opower and Dunkin’ Brands.

Paul Carney

Carter Bank & Trust [MARTINSVILLE, Va.] (OTCQX: CARE) announced that Paul Carney recently joined the bank as senior vice president and director of human resources. Prior to joining Carter Bank & Trust, Carney served in various human resources leadership roles for the Navy Federal Credit Union.

Group Nine Media [NEW YORK] announced that Stacy Green has joined as Chief People Officer. Most recently, Green served as the Executive Vice President of Global Human Resources and Facilities for A+E Networks. Prior to joining A+E, she held HR leadership roles at NBCUniversal and Revlon.

Nextech Systems [TAMPA, Fla.] announced that Rebecca Sanford, previously the Senior Vice President of Human Resources has been promoted to Chief People Officer. Sanford, who has been with the company for over four years.

Okta, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: OKTA) announced the promotion of Kristina Johnson to Chief People Officer. Johnson has been with Okta since 2015, formerly serving as vice president of people. Before Okta, Kristina led international human resources at EnerNOC and was a strategic business partner at the University of California, Berkeley.

Cook Group [BLOOMINGTON, Ind.] announced Nicky James as vice president of Human Resources and Talent Development. In 1998, James began her career with Cook Medical on the sales team for Urology in Midlands and North Western United Kingdom. While in Europe, she held positions including sales representative and regional manager of Urology for Northern Europe. In 2006, James moved to the U.S. to serve as a global product manager, followed next by a position as National Sales Manager for North America. James led two of Cook Medical’s business units and served on the executive leadership of a third business unit.

Ellie Mae® [PLEASANTON, Calif.] (NYSE: ELLI) announced that Carina Cortez has joined the company as Executive Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to joining Ellie Mae, Carina led the team of HR Business Partners at Walmart. Before joining Walmart, Carina spent almost nine years at PayPal, where she held a variety of leadership roles. Most recently she served as the Senior Director of Learning and Organizational Development where she reimagined the Global Learning and Organization Development function for the Company. Prior to PayPal, Carina held numerous roles at Visa International, Inovant, a Visa subsidiary, and Visa USA.

Linea Aspesi

Sobi [WALTHAM, Mass.] announced the appointment of Linea Aspesi as vice president of human resources for North America. Aspesi most recently served as head of human resources, Industrial Affairs in the U.S. for Sanofi. Before joining Sanofi, Aspesi held HR positions at multiple organizations including UMass Memorial Medical Center, Partners Healthcare System Inc., Benchmarking Partners Inc., HealthSouth and others.

Omnicom [NEW YORK] (NYSE: OMC) announced the appointment of Torrey La Grange to the newly created position of Chief Talent Officer of its Global Client Leaders (GCL) group. The GCL group is comprised of client leaders responsible for overseeing Omnicom’s top global accounts. Torrey was most recently Head of Account Management and Global Business Director at BBH New York where she managed global teams in New York, India, Singapore, and South Africa. She joined BBH after three years as a recruiter at Tangerine where she developed relationships with talent on both the agency and client side of the business. Previously, Torrey served as Account Director at JWT and Business Director at Saatchi & Saatchi London. Torrey began her career at agencies including Publicis Seattle, Secret Weapon Marketing, and TBWA\Chiat\Day, where she worked on building the first ever website for Nissan.

Wildcat Venture Partners [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced that Jennifer (JT) Trzepaczhas joined the firm as chief people officer and operating partner. JT has more than 20 years of experience implementing HR strategies at several transformative and industry-leading companies, including LivingSocial, Salesforce, Electronic Arts, Yahoo! and CNET Networks. Prior to joining Wildcat, she was the executive vice president at Rocket Fuel.

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